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Centers for Disease Control projects up to 559,000 Covid deaths by March 13

The new forecast predicts that 8,400 to 18,500 new deaths will likely be reported in the week ending March 13

Joe Biden rolling out plan for $4 billion global Covid-19 vaccine effort

The USD 4 billion in U.S. funding was approved by Congress in December and will be distributed through 2022

Covid-19 vaccination: Over 24,000 receive shots; turnout 80% in Delhi

Coronavirus vaccine shots were administered to over 24,000 beneficiaries in Delhi on Thursday

Let India Inc participate in Covid-19 vaccination programme: CII

"Such a programme could benefit an additional 100 million workers in the formal sector and local communities by providing access to the vaccine," CII said in a statement

Coronavirus LIVE: India's cumulative vaccination coverage crosses 9.4 mn

Coronavirus live updates: Global Covid-19 cases have crossed 110.5-million mark. India tally stands at 10,956,182

Weekend lockdown in Maharashtra's Amravati district to curb Covid cases

However, essential services will remain unaffected

South African variant could reduce vaccine protection: Pfizer-BioNTech

However, human trials are still to be conducted in this regard

Hopes of region, world focused on rapid deployment of Covid vaccines: PM

Modi noted that the spirit of collaboration is a valuable takeaway from Covid-19 pandemic

Explainer: How do we know the Covid-19 vaccines are safe?

Scientists look for safety issues during the testing phase and continue their monitoring as shots roll out around the world

Researchers urge govts to delay Pfizer vaccine's second dose, cite data

Danuta Skowronski and Gaston De Serres said their findings were derived from Pfizer's documents submitted to the US FDA

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Volunteering to be exposed to virus in trials

Visitors to Japan plunge 98.3 per cent in January after entry ban, Taiwan accuses China of blocking efforts to buy vaccines and other pandemic news across the world

Allow companies to vaccinate employees: Confederation of Indian Industry

The trade group has asked the government to allow companies to vaccinate their employees and family members for Covid 19

S Africa to sell Astra shots bought from India to African Union countries

South Africa will sell the one million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine it bought from India to its sister countries in the African Union, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has said. Mkhize spoke on Wednesday after he and President Cyril Ramaphosa joined 18 health care workers in Cape Town to receive the first Johnson & Johnson vaccines to boost confidence in the country's vaccination programme. These new vaccines replaced the old ones delivered by the Serum Institute of India after it was found that they offered limited efficacy against the new variant of coronavirus that has emerged in South Africa. A million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine were delivered to South Africa from India last month and a further 500,000 were due to be delivered this month to be used in the first phase of rolling it out to health care and other priority workers. But South Africa decided against starting the first phase of its vaccine rollout using those vaccines after studies showed that it had ...

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Why is Maharashtra seeing a spike in cases?

India's wedding season is a worry and its digital to track vaccinations has glitches: That is in news about the country's fight against Covid-19

Bharat Biotech pursues Covid-19 vaccine approval in over 40 countries

The company has also entered into an agreement with U.S. drug developer Ocugen Inc for the commercialization of COVAXIN in the United States, which has seen the most number of infections in the world

Covid-19: Three Maharashtra cities likely to face stricter restrictions

The state reported 4,787 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, the highest one-day count this year

US reports over 3 mn child Covid-19 cases: American Academy of Pediatrics

The overall rate was 4,030 cases per 100,000 children in the population, the Xinhua news agency reported

Extremely grateful for India's 200,000 Covid vaccines for peacekeepers: UN

The 200,000 doses essentially mean that it will be possible to administer the required double doses of COVID-19 vaccines to all UN peacekeepers across missions

Global Covid cases top 109.8 mn, death toll at 2,429,669: Johns Hopkins

The US is the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 27,824,650 and 490,447, respectively, according to the CSSE

Hong Kong approves Sinovac Biotech's Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use

After taking the advice of the panel as a reference, Chan believes that the approval is necessary and in line with public interests, according to the statement